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  1. 20,000 seafarers remain trapped inside the Strait of #Hormuz, facing fear and uncertainty, cut off from their families, and in many cases running short of food, water and fuel.
    #Seafarers have been killed and injured in attacks in a war zone they did not choose to enter. They’re workers largely from the Global South, far from home, carrying the world's cargo.

    portside.org/2026-06-04/system

    Source: itfglobal.org/en/news/system-b

    #AntiWar #labourmovement #organize #solidarity #transportworkers

  2. 20,000 seafarers remain trapped inside the Strait of #Hormuz, facing fear and uncertainty, cut off from their families, and in many cases running short of food, water and fuel.
    #Seafarers have been killed and injured in attacks in a war zone they did not choose to enter. They’re workers largely from the Global South, far from home, carrying the world's cargo.

    portside.org/2026-06-04/system

    Source: itfglobal.org/en/news/system-b

    #AntiWar #labourmovement #organize #solidarity #transportworkers

  3. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/solidarity?

    Finnish company Wolt uses violence to break its couriers’ strike in Cyprus #Wolt couriers have gone on strike on their own initiative in #Nicosia and Limassol to improve their working conditions and terms of employment. The company has responded to the strike by closing the accounts of participants in the Wolt app and by sending armed thugs to threaten
    iww.fi/fi/2026/03/26/suomalain

    #Couriers #Finland #IWW

    #Cyprus #Finland #Solidarity #Strike #TransportWorkers #Wolt

  4. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/solidarity?

    Finnish company Wolt uses violence to break its couriers’ strike in Cyprus #Wolt couriers have gone on strike on their own initiative in #Nicosia and Limassol to improve their working conditions and terms of employment. The company has responded to the strike by closing the accounts of participants in the Wolt app and by sending armed thugs to threaten
    iww.fi/fi/2026/03/26/suomalain

    #Couriers #Finland #IWW

    #Cyprus #Finland #Solidarity #Strike #TransportWorkers #Wolt

  5. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  6. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  7. The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company ( #Vahed ) independent trade union in #Iran, established in 1958 for #busdrivers in the Greater #Tehran area who work primarily for the United Bus Company.
    counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/su

    #Ian #LabourMovement #Protests #Solidarity #TransportWorkers #unions

  8. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  9. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  10. @Maxfieldripken

    aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/14/a

    Photo:Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) hold a picket at one of four airports to highlight their pay demands in contract negotiations with Canada's largest airline, outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada August 11, 2025 [Carlos Osorio)

    CUPE vs AirCanada unpaid work
    cupe.ca/air-canada-flight-atte

    #AirCanada #CUPE #labormovement #strikes #transportworkers #unions

  11. This episode Host James Brennan speaks on the cuts to NSW #transportworkers, as we hear from the NSW public service association industrial manager Nathan Bradshaw about the proposed cuts to public sector roles in the transport sector in NSW.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #3CR #CommunityRadio #StickTogether

  12. This episode Host James Brennan speaks on the cuts to NSW #transportworkers, as we hear from the NSW public service association industrial manager Nathan Bradshaw about the proposed cuts to public sector roles in the transport sector in NSW.

    3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episo

    #3CR #CommunityRadio #StickTogether

  13. “They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.”
    After 15 hours of negotiations with NJ Transit managers (and five years without a new contract,) the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are on strike.

    ble-t.org/news/njt-locomotive-

    #transportworkers #NewJersey #laborMovement #Locomotives #Engineers #Trains #BLET

  14. “They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.”
    After 15 hours of negotiations with NJ Transit managers (and five years without a new contract,) the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are on strike.

    ble-t.org/news/njt-locomotive-

    #transportworkers #NewJersey #laborMovement #Locomotives #Engineers #Trains #BLET

  15. “They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.”
    After 15 hours of negotiations with NJ Transit managers (and five years without a new contract,) the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are on strike.

    ble-t.org/news/njt-locomotive-

    #transportworkers #NewJersey #laborMovement #Locomotives #Engineers #Trains #BLET

  16. “They have money for penthouse views and pet projects, just not for their front-line workers. Enough is enough. We will stay out until our members receive the fair pay that they deserve.”
    After 15 hours of negotiations with NJ Transit managers (and five years without a new contract,) the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are on strike.

    ble-t.org/news/njt-locomotive-

    #transportworkers #NewJersey #laborMovement #Locomotives #Engineers #Trains #BLET